Aqua Stroll Down La Seine River

I took these pics while taking a boat ride down the Seine River. In the second to last pic, you can see the Notre Dame church in the distance. The fourth pic is of me and the professors who came on the trip. The gentleman on the right is the Director of the study abroad prgram (KIIS), Prof. Leroy. I took his French Revolution class at NKU, which was really good. The two women behind me (on the right) is my Children's Literature professor, (on the left) is my French Literature professor. I took both of their classes while in Paris. (Note to self: If you ever take another 5-week study abroad trip, only take 1 class! You spent entirely too much time studying when you should have been spending at least half that time out exploring Paris. Lesson Learned!)

Un Peu de Shopping on the Champs d'Elysee

Some of my friends and I did a little bit of window shopping on the Champs d'Elysee. This was actually therapy for me as I LOVE to shop, but could not manage to fit shopping in my tight-tight budget. So I chose to just play dress up in some french-threads!

Arch de Triomph

Trip to Chartre

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A Day in the Life of Others

As part of the program, our classes are held three days out the week; which includes an excursion out in Paris for four hours. Our French Literature class took an excursion to a cemetery site in Montmartre. I really didn’t think that I would enjoy taking a “promenade” in a cemetery, but it was actually a neat experience provided that the cemetery plots were absolutely gorgeous. One of the pictures is of a cemetery site of a famous poet, Emile Zola; who I have studied in many of my other literature classes.

In Love at La Louvre!

Ok, so this was one of the primal moments for me while here in Paris. So many times I have seen La Lourve in text books, and you may remember seeing it different movies, such as the “Davinci Code”, but when you’re actually seeing it in person is just surreal. For a second I thought I was dreaming. I became overwhelmed for a moment as I started to feel beyond blessed to be in Paris at this moment.

Musee d'Orsay

Claude Monet: This picture was taken at the Musee d’Orsay. I am actually standing in front of one of Monet’s original paintings! (Please excuse my hair!) I was very pleased to have the experience of seeing original paintings of some very famous painters: Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Renoir, Paul Gauguin and others. You may recognize some of the paintings. I also took pictures from the top of the Musee d’Orsay; which used to be a railroad station years ago. Also there is a picture that was taken of the outside scenery that can be seen from the top of one of the floors of the Musee d’Orsay; you can see the Sacre Coeur from where I was standing.